Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
Joseph, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 10:47:46 PM: Joseph, Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed, RS422 works fine with transformers. Yes. It would be 10 MHz or 20 MHz, depending on coding. Or 5 MHz, so

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread Joe Gwinn
Magnus, At 10:31 AM + 1/10/09, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:06:39 +0100 From: Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops To:

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
Joe, For digital signals (1PPS, various triggers), it's RS422 over 100 ohm twinax (fancy shielded twisted pair). The 10 MHz sinewave is sent over a pair of 50 ohm coax links, with the signals 180 degrees out of phase. This is acheived with a pair of hybrid transformers which convert

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread David C. Partridge
Get 'em to use twin-ax (twisted pair inside screen) like the IBM AS/400 terminals (5250?) send differential signal down the cable. Dave -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Joe Gwinn Sent: 10 January 2009 15:23 To:

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread Lux, James P
Or 1553, for that matter -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge david.partri...@dsl.pipex.com Get 'em to use twin-ax (twisted pair inside screen) like the IBM AS/400 terminals (5250?) send differential signal down the cable. Dave ___

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-10 Thread Joe Gwinn
Magnus, At 6:02 PM + 1/10/09, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 4 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:02:09 +0100 From: Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops To:

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message of3277ac5a.f5d1fae8-on85257537.008059cf-85257537.00817...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: That's technically speaking not triax, that's double shield. Triax would have the conductors and one shield. No, I think that's twinax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinax_cable.

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 49657762.5060...@rubidium.dyndns.org, Magnus Danielson writes: Was there a big bang? What was the source of the 600 amps? I think there (with some delay) was some awfull scream of dispare. The cost of Ethernet interfaces where much more significant back then. The most expensive

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message of3277ac5a.f5d1fae8-on85257537.008059cf-85257537.00817...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: That's technically speaking not triax, that's double shield. Triax would have the conductors and one shield. No, I think that's twinax:

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 49665a6d.2030...@xtra.co.nz, Bruce Griffiths writes: I have been unable to find a reference to triax consisting of 3 conductors within a shield, however such confusion is understandable given the confusion over quadrax:- I have only ever seen it used for very old 3-electrode condenser

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
Magnus, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 10:47:46 PM: Joseph, Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed, RS422 works fine with transformers. Yes. It would be 10 MHz or 20 MHz, depending on coding. Or 5 MHz,

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/08/2009 03:47:29 AM: In message OF3277AC5A.F5D1FAE8-ON85257537.008059CF-85257537. 00817...@mck.us.ray.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: Was there a big bang? What was the source of the 600 amps? They replaced the separation transformer with a UPS, and

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-08 Thread David I. Emery
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 08:51:45AM +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 49657762.5060...@rubidium.dyndns.org, Magnus Danielson writes: Was there a big bang? What was the source of the 600 amps? I think there (with some delay) was some awfull scream of dispare. The cost of

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
Joseph, Joseph M Gwinn skrev: Magnus, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 01:27:52 AM: Joseph M Gwinn skrev: First the background: In some timing distribution applications, the primary source of interference comes from different ground voltages in different parts of

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message ofade54b4f.d29dba7a-on85257537.00086866-85257537.00090...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: The effect of differing ground potentials on a shielded cable is to pull a large current through the shield, [...] The correct enginering solution is to use twinax, ground the shield in

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
Magnus, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 01:27:52 AM: Joseph M Gwinn skrev: First the background: In some timing distribution applications, the primary source of interference comes from different ground voltages in different parts of the facility, such as a ship or

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
Poul-Henning, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 04:25:04 PM: In message OFADE54B4F.D29DBA7A-ON85257537.00086866-85257537. 00090...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: The effect of differing ground potentials on a shielded cable is to pull a large current through the

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message of56303512.93b049a7-on85257537.0079cde3-85257537.007cc...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed, RS422 works fine with transformers. I imagine that the shield is grounded at both

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
Poul-Henning, time-nuts-boun...@febo.com wrote on 01/07/2009 05:56:19 PM: In message OF56303512.93B049A7-ON85257537.0079CDE3-85257537. 007cc...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed,

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
Poul-Henning Kamp skrev: In message of56303512.93b049a7-on85257537.0079cde3-85257537.007cc...@mck.us.ra y.com, Joseph M Gwinn writes: Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed, RS422 works fine with transformers. You want a DC

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
Joseph, Could be a differential TX and RX. I recall that they send a RS422 signal. Depending on the speed, RS422 works fine with transformers. Yes. It would be 10 MHz or 20 MHz, depending on coding. Or 5 MHz, so the transitions are at 10 MHz. I don't recall, or never knew. RS422

[time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-06 Thread Joseph M Gwinn
First the background: In some timing distribution applications, the primary source of interference comes from different ground voltages in different parts of the facility, such as a ship or a megawatt radar. The effect of differing ground potentials on a shielded cable is to pull a large

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-06 Thread Brian Kirby
During my experiences involving audio/phone, video and data transmission, we were taught to ground the shield at one end only so we would not cause a ground loop. I ran into problems everywhere I went with this and as much as folks disdain transformers, they are your friend in this type of

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-06 Thread Joe Gwinn
At 4:59 AM + 1/7/09, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 6 Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:54:41 -0600 From: Brian Kirby kirb...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] Standards sought for immunity of shielded cable links to power-frequency ground loops

2009-01-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
Joseph M Gwinn skrev: First the background: In some timing distribution applications, the primary source of interference comes from different ground voltages in different parts of the facility, such as a ship or a megawatt radar. The effect of differing ground potentials on a shielded